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Dr. Esperanto and the Dream of a Universal Language

• Posted by Dr.Esperanto on July 14th, 2007 filed in Esperanto

CORVALLIS — The Oregon Chautauqua Lecture Series will present a collection of history, culture and ideas from 12:10 to 1 p.m. on Tuesdays at the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library, 645 N.W. Monroe Ave.

• July 17: “Magic Carpet Made of Steel: Songs of America’s Railroads,” by Jeni K. Foster. The glory days of the American railway system are long gone, but hundreds of folk and popular songs remain to tell the story of our once-great romance with the rails. This interactive program shows how these songs reflect a particularly American sense of adventure, opportunity and freedom.

• July 24: “Dr. Esperanto and the Dream of a Universal Language,” by Jim Kopp. The historical and contemporary political, social and ethical issues surrounding the compelling notion of a universal language will be considered in this program. Kopp will provide a fascinating examination of historical and literary efforts as well as ways in which new technologies are changing language.

• July 31: “True Stories and Other Fictions in Northwest Oral History,” by Tom Nash. Where does history end and folklore begin? Nash looks at the elements of folklore embedded in supposedly nonfiction stories of frontier Oregon and the West.

The free series is open to the public and sponsored by the library, the Linn-Benton Community College Benton Center and the Benton County Historical Museum, and is made possible by the Oregon Council for the Humanities, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

For more information, contact the Benton Center at 757-8944 or the library at 766-6793.

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